Schoolgirl dies, eight injured in Gujrat van accident
- September 30, 2013, 7:33 pm
- National News
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GUJRAT Sept 30 (Online): A female student died and eight others critically injured on Monday when their school van overturned in Gujrat district of Punjab.
Police and rescue officials said the incident took place on Jalalpur Jattan road in Gujrat town this morning where driver of a school van, carrying over 20 female students, lost control over the vehicle reportedly due to over-speeding and the vehicle turned turtle.
They said nine of the students were injured in the mishap. One of them later died in hospital during the treatment. Police and rescue teams arrived at the accident site and rescued the girls.
Van driver was arrested by the police.
